Summary Description
- Subsidy payments for producers implementing good practices (i.e. practices that go beyond minimum legal standards) in the field of animal welfare practices.
- TopicThe topic of the legislation or policy covered by the text
- AgricultureSubsidies
- SpeciesThe animal, or type of food production, covered by the text
- Farmed animals
- JurisdictionCountry or geographical area where the text applies
- EU
- Sub-jurisdictionCountry or state where the text applies
- N/A
- Type of ActWhether the act is a law, regulation, or policy, or another type of text
- Legislation
- StatusIndicates whether the act is in force or not
- Under revision
- Legal ValueWhether the text is binding or not
- Binding
- Date enactedDate the text was adopted
- 2013
- Date updatedDate when the entry was last updated by the CALF team
- June, 2023
- Official citation
- Regulation 1305/2013 of 17 December 2013 on Support for Rural Development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), 2013, O.J. (L 347) 487�548 (E.U.)
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Strengths
- Grants payments to producers for measures that improve the welfare of animals, such as the construction and renovation of infrastructures (e.g.: increased outdoor access, increased space allowances, construction of outdoor shelters), the provision of enrichment materials (e.g. straw, perches), or measures improving animal health (e.g.: feeding plans, hoof care).
- Payments include subsidies for producers to transition or maintain organic standards on their farm. (NEW)
- Weaknesses
- EU law does not require that all Member States propose this type of subsidy.
- Other types of subsidies under Pillar II also encourage industrial farm animal production, such as the subsidisation of ventilation for indoor broiler production, or for the construction of manure lagoons.